How we implemented Distributed Multi-document ACID Transactions in Couchbase
ACID Transactions are a must when you have strict data consistency requirements in your application. The costs of running transactions on distributed systems can rapidly create bottlenecks at scale. In this article, we will give you an overview of some...
Introducing Couchbase 7 Beta, Mapping RDBMS to NoSQL
Couchbase Server 7 Beta Couchbase Server 7 Beta is a very exciting release. It is available, free in both Enterprise and Community Editions. We encourage our entire community to download and try this groundbreaking release that features scopes and collections...
Hybrid Cloud Services & Computing Models
What are Hybrid Cloud Services? Everyone has heard the term “hybrid cloud,” but what exactly are hybrid cloud services, and why are they becoming so important to enterprise architectures? And what’s the best way to take advantage of a hybrid...
Navigating the SQL Landscape for DBAs and Developers
This article briefly introduces the essentials of SQL – its meaning, definition, and application to different database technologies. We introduce many different types of systems that use SQL – from databases to event stream processing. What is SQL? Define: SQL...
Introduction to Ottoman With Couchbase
Ottoman is an Object Data Modeler (ODM) for Couchbase’s Node.js SDK providing JSON schema and validation for NoSQL. Why Use an ODM for Couchbase With Ottoman, you declare schema in your code. Although Couchbase has no schema enforcement for your...
Distributed Databases: An Overview
Distributed Databases apply the principles of distributed computing to storing data. The simplest example is a database which stores data on two (or more) servers connected by a network. This “cluster” can be accessed and managed as if it was...
Couchbase Adopts BSL License
Couchbase adopts Business Source License (BSL 1.1) with release of source code to Couchbase Server 7. Couchbase changes source code license to BSL 1.1 Today we are announcing that Couchbase is changing our source code license from Apache 2.0 to...
Data Structures & Full-Text Search Indexing in Couchbase
This is Part 3 of a series examining Data Structures in NoSQL databases. In this post, we use Full-Text Search natural language queries against data structures in Couchbase. Part 1: Data Structures for NoSQL Applications we used simplified JSON data...
Upgrading Couchbase Community Edition
Why Enterprise Edition Couchbase Server is generally available in three flavors: Community Edition (CE), Enterprise Edition (EE) and Couchbase Cloud (DBaaS). Many customers start with Community Edition. They download CE and use it completely free to run development, test and...
Geospatial Basics, Spatial Databases & NoSQL Examples
This brief intro to several geospatial data concepts covers spatial databases, spatial indexing, and using GeoJSON data in NoSQL. What is Spatial Data? Spatial data are data types (files, databases, web services) that encode geographic information for use in location-aware...